Roy Scheider, the actor who played Police Chief Martin Brody in the 1975 blockbuster Jaws,
died yesterday at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in
Little Rock. The hospital did not release the cause of his death, but
Scheider had been treated for multiple myeloma at the hospital for the
past two years.
Filmed on the shores of Martha’s Vineyard, Jaws was the
first film to earn $100 million at the box office, and Scheider’s
famous line, “You’re gonna need a bigger boat,” is #35 on the American
Film Institute’s list of best movie quotes.
Although made famous for a movie made on the Vineyard, Scheider was a Hamptons regular. Check out a 2006 Plum interview with him in the Hamptons.




What a great video!
What a great video! Especially now that he is gone. He seems as though he was a man of integrity.
Mr. Scheider seemed to be a
Mr. Scheider seemed to be a great professional! I never heard or read anything negative about him. Gone but certainly never forgotten. Thank you for giving us one of the most famous movie lines in history. Rest in Peace Chief.
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